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*****Mucus After Eating --PLEASE HELP!!!!!******
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*****Mucus After Eating --PLEASE HELP!!!!!******
by ikea, Mar 31, 2005 12:00AM
Every time I eat ANYTHING I get excessive mucus in my nose and throat. I usually cough during a meal and always after. I have been tested for food allergies and I have none. I have no airorne allergies either. I am a 27 yr old male in good shape.
I have had blood work done and all they can tell me is that I'm in excellent health. Antihistamines don't help either. I have tried all of them. I can eat practically anything, hot, spicy, acidic, you name it and I can eat it. I notice no difference in symptoms depending on the food ingested. I even get mucus after drinking water. Whatever I put in my stomach seems to somehow manifest itself back up in my sinuses. Would a tear in the stomach lining or GI tract spill out into the bloodstream and cause the immune system to attack the food particles like a foreign substance? I have been reading about CANDIDA and "Leaky Gut" syndrome, and think this may be the problem. I have no pain, and can eat all kinds of different foods. I am so frustrated I don't know what to do. I don't eat as much as I used to because this is such a problem. I am working with a Gastroenterologist (sp?) but he thinks it's an allergy problem since the problem is in my head. If anyone can help, I would be forever greatful and would reward with cash money. I don't know what do do anymore. Please help. Thanks.
I have had blood work done and all they can tell me is that I'm in excellent health. Antihistamines don't help either. I have tried all of them. I can eat practically anything, hot, spicy, acidic, you name it and I can eat it. I notice no difference in symptoms depending on the food ingested. I even get mucus after drinking water. Whatever I put in my stomach seems to somehow manifest itself back up in my sinuses. Would a tear in the stomach lining or GI tract spill out into the bloodstream and cause the immune system to attack the food particles like a foreign substance? I have been reading about CANDIDA and "Leaky Gut" syndrome, and think this may be the problem. I have no pain, and can eat all kinds of different foods. I am so frustrated I don't know what to do. I don't eat as much as I used to because this is such a problem. I am working with a Gastroenterologist (sp?) but he thinks it's an allergy problem since the problem is in my head. If anyone can help, I would be forever greatful and would reward with cash money. I don't know what do do anymore. Please help. Thanks.
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish, Apr 02, 2005 12:00AM
, Apr 02, 2005 12:00AM
This is definitely not an allergic problem, but may have to do with the mucus glands. You should work with your gastroenterologist.
Please note that Quackwatch has "leaky gut" and "yeast allergy" listed on its "Not Scientifically Defined or Recognized" list with the following notation:
"These alleged conditions differ greatly from those of medically recognized diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and coronary heart disease, each of which is associated with a clear-cut history, physical findings, and laboratory tests. With these, however, the range of symptoms is virtually endless and typically does not correlate with physical findings or science-based laboratory tests."
In other words, buyer beware of health practitioners willing to sell you something for a disease entity that does not really exist.
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BACTITECH, I have read that about Candida also. I am just to the point where I'm ready to try anything, ya know? It's no fun living like this. Especially when most doctors think it's just allergy.. but it gets better... read on.
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NJC, you are right on the money. Thursday, I went to my family doctor and he said I should see a gastroenterologist. I spoke with the gastroenterologist, and he said to try Nexium (The purple pill). He gave me a month's supply, (40mg once daily) and told me to come back in a month. I took one Thursday, and another on Friday morning. When I ate lunch at noon on Friday, I HAD NO SYMPTOMS!!!! I ALMOST CRIED!!! No stuffy nose, no mucus, no congestion, no tiredness, no cough, no clearing my throat, no plugged up head!!!! THE STUFF WORKS!! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!! I'm going to go back to him and have him put a scope down my throat and have a look-see to see if there's damage.
Hopefully I don't need surgery. I'm kind of worried about what he'll see... doh!
I also forgot to mention in my first post that I am a VERY heavy COFFEE and POP drinker. We're talking years... After reading about GERD, I found out that is one of the triggers. So I'm staying away from the coffee 100% and weaning myself off the pop slowly. But you were right, my GI has the key..
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XRAYSHELL, did you ever get a scope down your throat? Did they find anything? How long have you been on Nexium and did your doctor tell you that you could stop using it someday? Thanks!
My husband had longstanding heartburn due to hiatal hernia, and has been on Nexium for quite awhile. It has helped tremendously. This is not a Nexium commercial by any means. This is just the only one he can get with his insurance, as they've made a deal, apparently, with whoever makes Nexium. Prevacid and Prilosec also work. His father took Prilosec when it first came on the market and swore it didn't do a thing for him. He died in 1992, however, and there have been lots of other drugs for this condition that have come out since then. He had an extremely bad hiatal hernia, which hemorrhaged at one point in time. He took 35 units of blood before they got it stopped. This is the reason to seek treatment! This was back in the mid-80's.
My mother did try Prilosec OTC for awhile, (after she had taken prescription Prilosec for years) but in her opinion it didn't work as well. My husband took Prevacid until the pharmacy made its formulary decision, and that worked well, also.